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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (l.) talks with Kennedy Center honorees for 2010 Jerry Herman (Broadway composer and lyricist of 'Hello Dolly!' fame), country music legend Merle Haggard, dancer-choreographer-director Bill T. Jones, and former Beatle Paul McCartney while waiting for multimedia impresario Oprah Winfrey to arrive for a group photo after a dinner held at the State Department honoring the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 4. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

The Kennedy Center honorees for 2010, Merle Haggard (top l.), Bill T. Jones, Paul McCartney, and (from bottom l.) Jerry Herman and Oprah Winfrey, pose for a photograph after a dinner held at the State Department honoring the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 4. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Kennedy Center Honorees Reception at the White House in Washington on Dec. 5. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Julia Roberts is escorted by her husband Daniel Moder into the Kennedy Center Honorees Reception at the White House in Washington on Dec. 5. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham arrive on the red carpet for the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 5. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

James McCartney (l.) stands with his father Paul McCartney, Nancy Shevell, and Barbara Walters, on arrival at a dinner held at the State Department honoring the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 4. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Diana Ross (l.) and Smokey Robinson (r.) arrive on the red carpet for the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 5. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista attend the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 5. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

After widespread protests, a six-month state of emergency started in October. Now, much depends on the next move of leaders who have long used their track record of economic development to paper over widespread human rights abuses and political repression.

ByJames Jeffrey, ContributorDecember 9, 2016

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For nearly a year, mass protests surged across Ethiopia – and stormed across the world’s headlines – as a movement that began with farmers fighting land grabs outside the country’s capital mushroomed into the country’s most sustained and widespread period of dissent and protests since its ruling party came to power more than two decades ago.